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Lunatic

5, c. 23). The general principle governing contracts entered into by insane persons is laid down in The Imperial Loan Co. v. Stone, (1892) 1 QB 559. 'Where a person enters into a contract, and afterwards alleges

Man, Isle of

called the House of Keys, but an Isle of Man (Customs) Act, is passed every year by the Imperial Parliament.

Paramountcy

of the government of a democratic Republic exercising against its citizens 'paramountcy' claimed to be inherited from an imperial power. The power and authority which the Union may exercise against its citizens and even aliens spring from

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Quadriennium

course of study required of law students before they were qualified to study the code or collection of imperial constitutions, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1252.

Quaestor sacri palatii

Quaestor sacri palatii, means 'quaestor of the sacred palace'. An officer of the imperial court who acted as legal adviser to the emperor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1253.

Royal Arms

459, per Parker, J.]. As to the use of the Prince of Wales's feathers and motto, see Re Imperial Tobacco Co., (1915) 2 Ch 57.

Salvage

things lost upon land, nor to anything except ships or goods in peril at sea, Falcke v. Scottish Imperial Insurance Co., (1886) 34 Ch D 248, per Bowen, L.J. If the salvage be performed at sea, or

Supremacy, Act of

Supremacy, Act of (1 Eliz. c. 1), by which supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction was 'for ever' united to the imperial Crown. See CROWN.

Bona waviata

Bona forisfacta, goods forfeited; called by the civilians bona confiscata, because they belonged to the fiscus, or imperial treasury

Campbell's (Lord) Acts (English)

to the remedies provided under the Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908. Compare ACTIO PERSONALIS, etc.; and see Grein v. Imperial Airways Ltd., (1936) 106 LJ KB 49; also (3) 20 & 21 Vict. c. 83 (the Obscene Publications

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